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Recent Examples of tween
He’s been asked to take custody following the death of Arlo’s mother, making this something of a Baby Boom situation, albeit with a tween rather than an infant.
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
In the summer of 2000, four tween friends formed a band called X-Cetra and burned an album onto a few CDs.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
More than two decades later, the tween magazines may have dwindled, but prom-goers are still shopping in-store.
—Camilia Fateh, Vogue, 11 May 2026
Adora is the author of an unexpected bestseller of ancient Greek works in translation, and works as a personal tutor to the tween boys of an ultra-wealthy New York couple.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
In the summer of 2000, four tween friends formed a band called X-Cetra and burned an album onto a few CDs.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
More than two decades later, the tween magazines may have dwindled, but prom-goers are still shopping in-store.
—Camilia Fateh, Vogue, 11 May 2026
Adora is the author of an unexpected bestseller of ancient Greek works in translation, and works as a personal tutor to the tween boys of an ultra-wealthy New York couple.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tween
Noun
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Eight teenagers were injured on Wednesday when a car drove onto a sidewalk in Anaheim.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
11 Dec. 2025
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As a teenager, sombr started uploading his bedroom compositions and sharing them on TikTok.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
11 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In that year in the United States the number of lost kids had dropped to just over two per hundred.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The hotel is appropriate for kids, and, with a registration fee, 3–15-year-olds can participate in a Central Park day camp.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
Noun
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If an adolescent is receiving inaccurate information or becoming overly dependent on a chatbot, the adults in their life may never know.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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These provisions also do not guarantee that an adolescent will be granted an exception.—
Sunaya Krishnapura,
STAT,
10 June 2026
Noun
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The younger Iannaccone started as a youngster breading chicken cutlets and baking cookies with his grandmother, then worked with his dad.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
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As these 50 million or so American youngsters (about 2 billion globally) begin to make their mark on the culture, Is your marketing department at least as savvy as an 8th grader?—
Greg Petro,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Both Gonzalez and Aquino were booked into the Main Jail, and the two juveniles were booked at Juvenile Hall.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
11 Dec. 2025
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According to the Tribune, another one of Perry’s children was charged in connection with the 6-year-old boy’s death but had been charged as a juvenile.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Ben Lewis Doherty, playing a boy named Sam whose life is upended by Robbie, is the show’s greatest innocent, a softhearted moppet who warns deer to be careful when crossing the street.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Gabriel Byrne shows up as a nasty villain known as the Chancellor, who has kidnaped the adorable moppet Ella (Ava Joyce McCarthy) and whisked her off to a bucolic Alpine village where a society of ruthless killers are able to raise, and train, their children in peace.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
6 June 2025
Noun
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My younger kiddo loves fruit and yogurt and can pretty much always go for a yogurt parfait.—
Stephanie Ganz,
Parents,
7 June 2026
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The kiddos—who just finished 8th grade and 5th grade, respectively—were also joined by their mother, Shayne, who is Lamas's third child.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
5 June 2026
Noun
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This new Cannon offering, filled with chintzy special effects, a ludicrous story line and campy performances, will likely bore adults but have the kiddies clamoring for more.—
Jeffrey Ressner,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2026
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Goldfish Swim School, usually packed with kiddies practicing flutter kicks, is just rows of empty water.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
28 May 2026
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“Tween.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tween. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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